[Alkindus]

So on the 26th of August my college education starts(trade Management Asia in Rotterdam) basically it's all about economics and cultures......I am going to learn Japanese........if everything goes right I will be going to Japan for 13 months over 2 and a half years....so here is the plan: I want to master the language during the next 2 and a half years.....(this is what the education actually demands from me)

how do I learn to speak it? well I will be going to Japan next summer for 3 months and I will only speak Japanese during those 3 months, I will probably walk around like a 'baka' for 3 months but I don't care.....I have a friend in Taiwan that learned Mandarin that way......so I'm going to learn to read and write the several alphabets and put it into practice next summer, which I will do again the following year untill I go to Japan to as an student/expat over 2 and a half years.

anyway, my school says I must buy these books: Genki 1, an integrated course in elementary Japanese (both work and text book), published by the Japanese times Author= E.banno......I'm a fast learner, I am extremely eager to learn the Japanese language and I feel these books are to limited in a sense that I know I can learn more in the coming year.....so next to these books I have to get for school I'm looking for more books for self study.

so..........could u please recommend any books or do u have any other tips?